Included for you in this lot is a wonderful piece of Montana ephemera, in the form of a map of the Monida & Yellowstone Stage Company from 1911. The map shows the official stagecoach route and other roads from its entrance at the town of Yellowstone, known now as West Yellowstone, through Yellowstone National Park. The map reads from top to bottom, "Official Route Monida & Yellowstone Stage Company touring Yellowstone National Park and Locations of Park Hotels." In addition to the in-depth map, noteworthy is the location of the now bygone Fountain Hotel. Omitted is the Roosevelt Lodge at Tower Junction which was built nine years after this map was printed! This stage line was formed in 1898 by Yellowstone photographer Frank J. Haynes and Wm. H. Humphrey, who had previously been superintendent of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Co. The new company received a 10-year lease from the Interior Dept. to operate a stage line into and around Yellowstone. The Monida & Yellowstone Stage Line provided service from the Utah Northern/Union Pacific RR depot at Monida to the park, using red Concord stages from the Abbot Downing Company, which became known as the 'Red Line.' The route from Monida, on the border between Montana and Idaho, passed through Centennial Valley, past Henry's Lake, over Targhee Pass, with an overnight stop at Dwelle's Inn. This was a part of Harry Dwelle's Madison Fork Ranch that was located about 5 miles west of the park border. The stagecoach line, reorganized into the Yellowstone-Western Stage Co., continued until 1917 when they and the horses were put out to pasture and replaced with automobiles made by the White Motor Company, forever changing the face of transportation in Wonderland. The map is in good condition for age, a tear having been repaired some time in the past, the edges also having been strengthened with a heavier paper, measures 15.75L x 15.25"H opened, 8" L x 7.5"W folded.